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People v. Randolph

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 12, 2000
278 A.D.2d 52 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

December 12, 2000.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis Boyle, J.), rendered April 1, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 years probation, unanimously affirmed.

Khari P. Prescod, for respondent.

Beth S. Lyons, for defendant-appellant.

Tom, J.P., Ellerin, Wallach, Rubin, Saxe, JJ.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. There is no basis upon which to disturb the court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record. Defendant's suspicious acts of nervously stopping and turning around to look at the slowly passing vehicle four to six times warranted the inference that defendant recognized the unmarked car as a police vehicle, and supplied an objective credible reason for the police to approach defendant and request information (see, People v. DeBour, 40 N.Y.2d 210, 220), resulting in their observation of what appeared to be a gun in defendant's waistband.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Randolph

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 12, 2000
278 A.D.2d 52 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Randolph

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. DASSHAWN RANDOLPH…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 12, 2000

Citations

278 A.D.2d 52 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
717 N.Y.S.2d 561

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